CVE-2016-10228
glibc - security update
5.9
MEDIUM
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.38%
Description
The iconv program in the GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) 2.31 and earlier, when invoked with multiple suffixes in the destination encoding (TRANSLATE or IGNORE) along with the -c option, enters an infinite loop when processing invalid multi-byte input sequences, leading to a denial of service.
How to fix CVE-2016-10228
To remediate CVE-2016-10228, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 2.31-3 or later
- —upgrade to 2.28-10+deb10u2 or later
Is CVE-2016-10228 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.31-3
- from 0, < 2.28-10+deb10u2
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |